Matthew Kantakouzenos
Emperor and autocrat of the Romans · Historical Figures · Lived 1325 to 1383 · aged 58
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Something wrong?A Byzantine emperor who ruled for four years in the 1350s, then resurfaced decades later as a regional governor in the Morea - a rare second act in an empire that rarely gave them.
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Matthew Asen Kantakouzenos was born around 1325 into the tangled dynasties of late Byzantium. He became Byzantine Emperor in 1353, holding the throne until 1357 in a period when the empire's reach had shrunk to a shadow. After losing power, he spent two decades in obscurity. In 1380 he returned to public life as Despot of the Morea, governing the rocky southern peninsula for a year before stepping down in 1381. He died in June 1383, one more name in the long queue of emperors who watched Byzantium contract.
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